Pleasant Home - Oak Park, IL
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N 41° 53.112 W 087° 48.012
16T E 433610 N 4637339
Opulent 30-room mansion designed in 1897 by prominent Prairie-school architect George W. Maher.
Waymark Code: WM7FJ0
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 10/19/2009
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The Pleasant Home, also known as the John Farson House, is located in the heart of Oak Park, Illinois, one of the nation's most architecturally significant villages, Pleasant Home is an architectural treasure designed in 1897 by noted Prairie Style architect George W. Maher for investment banker and philanthropist John W. Farson.
Pleasant Home is one of the earliest and most distinguished examples of the Prairie School of architecture. Pleasant Home was named a National Historic Landmark, joining Frank Lloyd Wright's Home and Studio and Unity Temple as the only National Historic Landmarks in Oak Park.
Situated on seven acres of land, known as Mills Park, Pleasant Home is famous for its status in launching Maher's career for many reasons. The evolution of his "motif-rhythm" theory began here, and Pleasant Home is the first large estate Maher designed. Though Maher designed more than 300 distinguished structures in the United States, Pleasant Home is the only one open to the public.
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